OhioHealth has informed state regulators that it will lay off 58 revenue cycle staff in November.
OhioHealth, based in Columbus, Ohio, just filed a notice to state regulators announcing its plan to show 58 of its revenue cycle staff the door on November 4.
Those affected by the layoffs include accounts receivable specialists, coders, a manager of financial services and a supervisor of patient financial services, according to the notice. The layoff notice, signed by OhioHealth's vice president of human resources, says the layoffs are permanent and no bumping rights exist.
The health system filed the official notice about two months after The Columbus Dispatch first reported that OhioHealth was eliminating 637 information technology and revenue cycle management jobs, the system’s biggest layoff ever.
At the time, it was reported the move was part of a plan to outsource some services the system currently provides in house. Some of the other jobs eliminated were in information technology.
This news comes on the heels of the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall, which said hospitals and health systems are experiencing some of the worst margins since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, putting 2022 on track to become the worst financial year for the healthcare sector since the crisis first started.
OhioHealth is a network of 12 hospitals, ambulatory sites, hospice, home health, and other health services spanning 47 Ohio counties.
Amanda Norris is the Director of Content for HealthLeaders.